You don't know...
what you don't know. For all the newbies on here this is my experience in hitches. Bought our new trailer and Equal-izer hitch from a high volume dealer. Trailer is 10k gvwr and 1286 brochure tongue w...
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LIKE2BUILD wrote:
A dealer will also tell you 'That's got a V8, you can tow anything'. Um, no....there are weight ratings for a very specific reason --ENGINEERING!!!!!
A WD hitch should ALWAYS be sized to the loaded tongue weight of the trailer. Anything less and you're towing with undersized equipment that is not up to the job.
I have bought three different travel trailers from three different dealers and not one of the said I could pull anything on the lot, in fact it was the opposite, they didn't even want to show me the heavier trailers unless I was upgrading tow vehicles.
So not all dealers are bad.
